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2014-04-23 00:32:59: Vonmarcus edited Centurian Patrol

2014-04-23 00:32:51: Vonmarcus commented on Centurian Patrol

Sorry Had to go change a diaper so i had to save quickly.

2014-04-22 20:16:50: Alex commented on Centurian Patrol

Er, that suggestion was assuming you also increased the cost to (2)(G) :)

2014-04-22 18:18:56: Vonmarcus edited Conclave Guardian

2014-04-22 18:18:01: Vonmarcus created the card Conclave Guardian

2014-04-22 18:12:17: Vonmarcus created the card Return home

2014-04-22 14:57:57: Vonmarcus edited Centurian Patrol

2014-04-22 14:52:33: Vonmarcus edited Centurian Patrol

2014-04-22 14:52:02: Vonmarcus commented on Centurian Patrol

Thank you for all of that wonderful information. I think I like the idea of a 3/3 reach so I'll be going with that.

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2014-04-22 14:36:12: Alex commented on Centurian Patrol

So there are a few things to bear in mind.

Normally, being a token is a downside rather than a benefit. In other words, Watchwolf is normally better than Call of the Conclave. It's less vulnerable to bounce, easier to recur (Raise Dead is 1 mana and common, Call to Mind is 3 and uncommon), and so on. (Return to Ravnica was an exception where Call of the Conclave was actually better than Watchwolf would have been because of the populate mechanic.)
The standard vanilla common for is 2/2 (Runeclaw Bear), but you get significant upside on that (there are many things with those stats but strong abilities as well). The standard for is 2/3 (Elvish Warrior) or, pushing to the stronger end, 3/2 (Swordwise Centaur). The standard for is 3/3 (Nessian Courser).
The standard price for a 3/3 used to be - Trained Armodon, Gnarled Mass. However during that time period they also printed Call of the Herd, showing how much weaker tokens are than creature cards.
Wizards generally prefer to make tokens have the same power as toughness. There are exceptions, but especially on commons, a 2/2 or 3/3 token is better than a 2/3 or 3/2, partly because many people use dice, glass beads or other things to represent tokens.
Wizards also generally prefer to keep most commons having a single coloured mana in their cost. Most sets will have a few double-coloured-mana commons, but in most sets, the large majority of commons should be single-coloured-mana because that makes two-colour decks in Limited smoother.

Putting all of that together: since Nessian Courser is fine for common, you could definitely make this a {2} {g} sorcery making a 3/3 without causing any surprise at all. That would be a medium-to-low strength card; the token could have trample or reach and still be fine. You could also make this a {1} {g} sorcery making a 2/2, and again you could give it an ability to make up for being worse than Runeclaw Bear.

2014-04-22 13:53:04: Vonmarcus commented on Centurian Patrol

Hmm, I'm working on trying to get a handle on designing commons so I'd like to keep this common if possible. Would I need to cost this at {1} {g} {g} or make the token a 2/2 and cost it at {1} {g} ?

2014-04-22 13:28:05: Vitenka commented on Centurian Patrol

Somewhere there's a piece where the designers talk about what P/T creatures tend to get in different colours at different rarities. I suspect total5 vs total6 is the boundary for green common.

2014-04-22 13:21:14: Vonmarcus commented on Centurian Patrol

Odd that Wotc seems to put that one extra toughness as a reason to make things uncommon.

2014-04-22 10:04:10: Alex commented on Centurian Patrol

Call of the Conclave/Watchwolf/Kalonian Tusker is normally uncommon. Though I suppose Swordwise Centaur and Garruk's Companion were common. Seems a reasonable card, if not a particularly interesting one.

2014-04-21 19:54:16: Vonmarcus created the card Centurian Patrol

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2014-04-21 14:57:47: Vonmarcus commented on Random Encounter

Yes but that can get very expensive. More so since you'll want to use it on your more costly spells. I'm thinking about making it only affect instants and sorceries.

2014-04-21 05:35:12: Link commented on Random Encounter

The thing about this is that you can give one spell multiple instances of cascade.

2014-04-21 05:35:10: Link commented on Random Encounter

The thing about this is that you can give one spell multiple instances of cascade.

2014-04-21 04:41:33: Vonmarcus edited Random Encounter

2014-04-21 04:41:15: Vonmarcus commented on Random Encounter

Thank you for catching the edit mistake. And yes it does compare interestingly. I also forgot to make it rare. But I'm not sure what the cost of making the next spell have cascade should be. too high and it's a junk rare, too low and it's way broken. Maelstrom Nexus is a one time cost, this is pay for the effect. Not sure how strong it would really be.

2014-04-21 04:29:59: Link commented on Random Encounter

You forgot to edit the typeline.
This compares... interestingly to Maelstrom Nexus.

2014-04-21 04:29:20: Vonmarcus edited Random Encounter

2014-04-21 04:23:01: Vonmarcus edited Random Encounter

2014-04-21 04:20:52: Vonmarcus commented on Random Encounter

Hmm then it looks like I'll have to re-build this as an enchanment

2014-04-21 03:14:54: Link commented on Random Encounter

Not as part of the spell effect, probably.

2014-04-21 02:47:12: Vonmarcus created the card Eteranl Nexus